Matrix for linotype-machines.



PATENTED NOV. 2'7, 1906.

J. R. ROGERS.

MATRIX FOR LINOTYPE MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED 0618,1906.

wuc wfo L i i-{Mums .UNITED STATES PATENT orrion.

JOHN RAPHAEL Booties, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, assicuoa TO MERGENTFALERLINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION or .NEW

YORK.

MATRIX FOR LlNOTYP E-IVIACHINESQ Patented NOV. 27,1906.

Application filed October 8, 1906- Serial No. 337,933

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN RAPHAEL Roo- ERS, of the borough of Brooklyn,county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Matrices for Linotype'Machines, oi" which the followingis a specification. I

In the print-ing of legislative bills and similar matter it isfrequently necessary to place horizontal cancellatio'ndines across theletters or characters in such manner as to indicate that they have beenor are to be canceled, and this without destroying their legibility.lation-lines extend continuously across the canceled words and theintervening spaces.

The Object of my invention is to adapt Mer enthaler linotype-machinesand kindred mac ines commonly sold andknown in the art under thetrade-mark Linotype in which the printing slugs or linotypes are castagainst the composed lines of matrices to produce slugs with recessesextending through the characters and adapted to receive rules forprinting the cancellation-lines. To this end I provide matrices eachhaving in addition to the usual characters therein a rib or projectionadapted to form a cavity in the slug in suitable position to receive therule or other inserted member.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a ma trix constructed in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is across-section through the mold and amatrix in operative relationthereto. Fig. 4 isa erspe'ctive view of a slug produced from a iine ofmy matrices, together with the rule for insertion therein.

Referring to the drawings, A A re resent the matrices, B the moldwitlrwh ic they are used, and C a slug produced inthe mold and a ainstthe matrices.

isc of the matrices consists,-'as usual, of

a flat shouldered plate with distributing tech in the upper end and anintaglio char-.

actor or matnix proper, c, in one e e,.the'construction beingessentially the same as that shown in Letters Patent of the UnitedStates Heretofore the character or letter has been punched or otherwiseformed directly in the edge of the matrix and in complete and per- It ispreferred to have these cancelfect form, so that it would produce on theedge of the slug an ordinary printing-type.

In applying my improvement I provide the matrix with a pro ectiug rib a,extending transversely through the character or matrix proper andprojecting outward, as shown in the drawings. These ribs are alike as tosize and location in the respective matrices, so that when a series ofmatrices are assembled side by side in the ordinary manner theribs willjoin or register at their ends, and thus form a continuous rib extendingacross the line of matrices. In use the matrices are assembled in frontof the mold B in the ordinary manner, as represented inFig. 3, inconnection with the usual blank matrices or spaces and the usualwedge-spacers to effect justification. When the mold is filled withmolten metal, as usual, it flows into the matrices which form the typecharacters on the front edge of the slu while the projecting ribs 0,form in 68,51 character a transverse groove or cavity. The resultingslug will present the a pearance shown in Fig. 4, with a longitudinagroove in its upper or printing edge through all the characters formedby the improved matrix. .The groove-thus formed is adapted to receive athin rule or strip of metal D, which is seated 1 firmly therein with itsouter edge flush with the faces of thetype. A line printed from thisslug will represent the ordinary characters With a continuous cancelingline through the characters and across the intervening spaces.

' The essence of my invention lies in providing a matrix with a rib orprojection extending through the type character and ada "tedto form agroove or cavity in the face 0 the slu I twill of course be understoodthat when it is required to print lines which are canceled for onlyaportionof their length the matrices herein shown may be. assembled inline withthe ordinary matrices for producing complete or uncanceledcharacters. In this way the slug may be produced with complete or solidcharacters for a portion of its length and with slotted characters forthe remainder of its length to receive the canceling-rule.

The rib a may be formed integral with the matrix, or it may beseparately constructed and tightly and permanently seated in a maybevariedin form and in location, as

transverse groove in the matrix, as shown in the drawings. a

While have represented a matrix con taining a single character only, itWill of course be understood that matrices may be made with two or moreseparablyusable characters, as shown in United States Patent No.54:7,633, and that either or both of these characters may be providedwith a rib a. I

While it is preferred to use the plain rib extending centrally acrossthe matrix proper, as herein shown, it Will be understood that itspecial requirements may dictate, provided only it is adapted to form inthe slug a cavity to receive a rule or other printing member either inor adjacent to the type character.

It will be manifest to the skilled mechanic that my improvement may beincorporated in matrices for monoline-machines and other kindredmachines, provided only they form type characters in relief on a slug orother supporting-body. 1

Having described my invention, what I claim is i 3. A type-matrix havinga transverse rib or projection to form a cavity in the face of the typeproduced therein.

2. In a linotype-rnachine, a series of matrices containing intagliocharacters or matrices proper, and provided with rojections arranged toaline in series; Where. y. they are adapted to produce a continuousgroove through the series of type characters pro--' duced therefrom.

3. A linotype-matrix provided at one edge With an intaglio character a,and a transverse rib a.

4. A linotype-matrix containing a matrix character a, and having a rib aseated therein, snbstantially as described and shown.

5. A linotype matrix provided with a matrix proper a, and also With arib or ro-

